Single-player games like Burly Men at Sea
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Burly Men at Sea, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Tales of Ancient Nights
Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Burly Men at Sea.
A short journey to the tragic stories of ancient greek gods and goddesses. It is time to learn about Greek Mythology with a beautiful storyline in this visual novel.
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Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.
Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on the high seas. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.
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One Night Stand
Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.
After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?
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Year Walk
Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
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Retention
Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
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Isolomus
Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.
Bite-sized surreal horror with multiple choices. Make your own way through the claymation madness!
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Gray Skies, Dark Waters
Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.
What does it mean to truly disappear without a trace? This modern interpretation of centuries-old folktales drops you into a world of secrets, unanswered questions, and (just maybe) the supernatural. Search to reveal the truth—or, at least, your version of it.
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The Wolf Among Us
Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Burly Men at Sea.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
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The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
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Doggins
Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.
A point-and-sniff adventure. Explore the moon, sniff some things. Unravel the plot of a villainous squirrel to sabotage the history of human invention.
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The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler
Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.
A time-looping puzzle ballad of Ozark folk superstition. Reorder events in time to unravel the legend of a weather-making rooster.